The story
HOMBERG
38 Mosquitoes attacked the synthetic-oil plant without loss.
Minor Operations: 4 Stirlings minelaying off Brest, 5 O.T.U. sorties, 8 Mosquitoes on flying-bomb patrols. No aircraft lost.
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FLYING-BOMB SITES
132 aircraft - 72 Halifaxes, 28 Stirlings, 20 Lancasters, 11 Mosquitoes, 1 Mustang - attacked 3 sites without loss. Few details of bombing results were recorded.
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MINOR OPERATIONS
23 Stirlings and 11 Halifaxes from Heavy Conversion Units of 1 and 5 Groups on a diversion flight over the North Sea without loss, although no major operation took place elsewhere, 31 Mosquitoes to Berlin, 24 R.C.M. sorties, 38 Mosquito patrols, 8 Halifaxes minelaying off Heligoland and the Frisians, 16 aircraft on Resistance operations. No aircraft lost.
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